"This is called 'the land of the free……" — William Wells Brown
"This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some have been foolish enough to call it the 'Cradle of Liberty.' If it is the 'Cradle of Liberty,' they have rocked the child to death."
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William Wells Brown
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9 Quotes by William Wells Brown
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I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the…
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Someone must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen to…
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The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.
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All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and…
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I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.
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Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.
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When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered…
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People don't follow titles, they follow courage.
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More Asylum Quotes
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I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know…
— Antonin Artaud
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Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an…
— Samuel Adams
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and…
— Michael Caine
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part…
— George Washington
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The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty.
— Thomas Paine
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This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of…
— Thomas Paine
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The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to…
— Ed Koch
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Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful.…
— Charles Schumer
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I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum
— George Bernard Shaw
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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of…
— Samuel Adams
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We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but…
— Swami Vivekananda
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